Cyclopaat, An Alter Ego With A Twist
(More Stelvio and a hidden gem)
For his birthday, C. treated himself with another climb of the Stelvio on Mapei Day.
After all, to honor him, the Italians had closed the road for all motorized traffic – they also invited a couple of thousand friends to accompany him on his ride…
As if to punish him, poor C. – having a well deserved day off – witnessed that the weather today was good. Rain and more rain the previous three days, but not today đ
Hopefully, this weather will continue through tomorrow, because the ‘Mapei Day’ climb of the Stelvio will be more enjoyable, certainly since there also will be no motorized traffic during the event(s).
It was raining (again) this morning and C. tweeted he might have been hit by a truck overnight (or at least by a minivan). Not very good conditions to undertake more crazy climbing expeditions, like taking on both the Gavia and Stelvio in one ride…
But once again he couldn’t help himself and around 9:20 he and T. set course to Ponte di Legno. C. was hoping for a chance to tackle the Gavia from that side, since the 1st attempt on Wednesday failed…
(And a bit of Fuorn)
The weather will continue to be ‘rainy’ for the remainder of this vacation.
Perhaps with the exception of tomorrow, when it’s expected to stay (at least) dry. C. will use that day to climb the Stelvio from Bormio and the Gavia from Ponte di Legno.
Sunday there is the ‘Mapei Day‘ which means the Stelvio will be closed to motorized traffic and there will be all sorts of sporting events (roller blading, running, cycling).
Would be nice, but the weather looks really bad for that day.
Today, he took on the Umbrail Pass and used the Fuorn (Ofenpas) as a warm up – he caught some rain, but nothing like yesterday…
For the first time during this (cycling) holiday, the rain spoiled (half) the trip and C. was forced to postpone the climb of the Gavia from Ponte di Legno.
He did manage the climb from Bormio and that of the Passo del Tonale through the rain, but eventually it was raining cats and dogs, so T. told him to stop…
